Not pleased.
"We could have and should have won that game," said Head Coach Paul Westphal following tonight's 108-98 loss to the Chicago Bulls. "And it's not an excuse for our team to be young."
Tonight's contest was a game of runs between both clubs, with the Bulls edging out the Kings in the end. Defense, especially in transition, was not stellar. The Bulls scored 33 fastbreak points against the Kings in the victory. And missed free throws cost Sacramento 14 easy points.

Last season, the Sacramento Kings marketing team unleashed a can of worms with their season-opening campaign Here We Rise. The slogan became Here We Stay, Here We Build, Here We Sit, Here We Purple, as Kings fans rallied to save their team.
Well, how does Back In Black sound for the 2011-12 season? What does it mean? It means that the Sacramento Kings will turn back the clock to their glory years with a re-invented black alternate jersey.
Today, the Kings rolled out their new look, complete with a promotional video that includes Kings legends Bobby Jackson, Scot Pollard and Doug Christie. Although I am not a jersey wearing kind of guy, I had the privilege of seeing the new design last night and these things are going to fly off the shelf for Christmas.
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On working out with Derrick Rose and Russell Westbrook: "When we work out together, we always do different things. There’s things that I do better than them and there’s things they do better than me. So it’s always good to work out with them and try to learn new things from their games."

Tyreke is no stranger to the game of new teammate JJ Hickson. He says he's known the Kings newest addition for "a long time", having battled against Hickson in high school.

Amar'e Stoudemire hopes to round up teammates for an unofficial Knicks training camp. Zach Randolph has expressed doing the same with his Grizzlies . Is Tyreke planning something similar for the Kings? "I was thinking about that, calling some of the players up, trying to get them to Sacramento early. I know it's going to be pretty hard for the rookies because they haven't set up yet with (homes). But I mean, the guys that have been playing, the veterans and the guys who have been playing a couple years on our team...I was definitely thinking of calling them up and (trying) to get a local gym in Sacramento and having a training camp."

Game footage of yesterday's NBA Stars vs. PBA Stars is now available via youtube. Although it is slightly pieced together through these six segments below, most of the game is here for your viewing pleasure.
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